Stirling Old Town Jail
Stirling Old Town Jail is a museum in Stirling, Scotland. Stirling Old Town Jail is situated nearby to the museum Cowane’s Hospital, as well as near the theater building Tolbooth.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Stirling Castle and Cowane’s Hospital.
Stirling Castle
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Stirling Castle, located in Stirling, is one of the largest and most historically and architecturally important castles in Scotland. The castle sits atop an intrusive crag, which forms part of the Stirling Sill geological formation. Stirling Castle is situated 1,700 feet northwest of Stirling Old Town Jail.
Cowane’s Hospital
Museum
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Cowane's Hospital is a 17th-century almshouse in the Old Town of Stirling, Scotland. It was established in 1637 with a bequest of 40,000 merks from the estate of the merchant John Cowane.
Church of the Holy Rude
Church
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The Church of the Holy Rude is the medieval parish church of Stirling, Scotland. It is named after the Holy Rood, a relic of the True Cross on which Jesus was crucified. Church of the Holy Rude is situated 330 feet north of Stirling Old Town Jail.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Stirling and Raploch.
Stirling
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Stirling is a city in the central lowlands of Scotland, and historically the county town of Stirlingshire. For centuries this was the main route between the Highlands and the Lowlands, guarded by the castle on its battleship of a crag, and with the River Forth sweeping round as a moat.
Raploch
Suburb
Photo: Mike Pennington, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Raploch, known locally as The Raploch or The Raptap, is a district of the city of Stirling, which lies to the south of the River Forth in central Scotland.
Torbrex Village
Suburb
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Torbrex is an area in the southwest of Stirling, Scotland, which developed around a small weaving village. It is neighboured by Cambusbarron to the west, St. Ninians to the south, Livilands to the east and Kenningknowes and Laurelhill to the north.
Stirling Old Town Jail
- Type: Museum
- Categories: building, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Stirling, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
56.11995° or 56° 7′ 12″ northLongitude
-3.94403° or 3° 56′ 39″ westOpen location code
9C8R4394+X9OpenStreetMap ID
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Highlights include Tolbooth and Mar’s Wark.
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